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4 takeaways about the Trump Tower meeting from newly released transcripts

World May 16, 2018 2:33 pm Updated: May 16, 2018 3:23 pm 4 takeaways about the Trump Tower meeting from newly released transcripts

WATCH ABOVE: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee released transcripts Wednesday from a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between top members of President Donald Trump's campaign and a Russian lawyer promising information on Hillary Clinton.

The committee released more than 1,800 pages of transcripts of interviews with Trumpâs son, and others who attended a June 9, 2016, meeting, at which they expected to receive dirt about Trumpâs opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The transcr ipts were released just hours before the Senate intelligence committee announced it stands behind a 2017 assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia intervened in the election to hurt Clinton and help Trump.

Meeting a âbad ideaâ

The transcripts also provide a timeline of the days leading up to the meeting, as well as personal misgivings about the appropriateness of a Russian lawyer meeting with a U.S. presidential campaign.

Music publicist Rob Goldstone, who arranged the meeting at the request of pop singer Emin Agalarov, said he thought the meeting was a âbad idea.â

âI believed it was a bad idea and that we shouldnât do it. And I gave the reason for that being that Iâm a music publicist. Politics, I knew nothing about,â Goldstone told lawmakers, adding that neither did Emin Agalarov nor his father, Aras.

Aras is a d eveloper and former business partner of the president.

Goldstone later said the meeting was a âwaste of timeâ for him, and he didnât anticipate adoption to be the focus of the meeting.

Meeting was not a secret: Goldstone

During his interview, Goldstone also said the meeting was never meant to be a secret.

He told lawmakers that he likely told close friends about it.

He also said he shared his location as the Trump Tower on Facebook on the day of the meeting.

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Paul Manafortâs notes

The committee also released one page of notes that Paul Manafort, Donald Trumpâs former campaign chief, took during the 2016 meeting.

His notes mention âRussian adoption by American familiesâ and Bill Browder, a British citizen who has spearheaded a U.S. sanctions law â" known as the Magnitsky Act â" that targets Russian officials over human rights abuses.

The relatively cryptic notes also contain a reference to âactive sponsors of RNC,â â³tied into Cheneyâ and appear to make reference to offshore companies in Cyprus.

Mueller has brought several unrelated charges against Manafort, including money-laundering conspiracy, false statements and acting as an unregistered foreign agent related to Ukrainian political work.

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Trump Jr.âs response to transcripts

The presidentâs son responded to the release of the transcripts in a statement reported by CNN Wednesday.

âThe public can now see that for over five hours I answered every question asked and was candid and forthright with the Committee,â he wrote.

âI once again thank Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein, as well as other members of the Committee and their staff for their courtesy and professionalism.â